Fastening device for cases or similar receptacles



MLJ.JAGGERS FASTENING DEVICE FOR CASES 0R SIMILAR RECEPTAOLES May 15; 1923. 1,455,255

Filed June 1, 1922 Fig.5.

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WILLIAM JOHN JAGGERS, F SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO J. C. ENO LIMITED, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, A CORPORATION OF ENGLAND.

Application filed June 1,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that WVILLIAM JoHN JAGGERS, a subject of theKing of England, residing at 38 Quebec Avenue,Southendpn-Sea, in the county of Essex, England, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Belating to Fastening Devices for Cases or Similar Receptacles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. This invention has reference to cases such as packing cases and similar receptacles and relates toan improved device for securing or fastening the lid adapted for use with means for sealing such as lead seals.

According to this invention the case body and the lid at adjacent parts thereof, are provided with fastening means each comprising an eyelet formed at the outer extremity of a shank adapted for being driven into or otherwise secured to the material of the part to which it is applied. The shank is formed or provided at the end remote from the eyelet with a prong or a right-angle bend whereof the extremity is pointed or sharpened to facilitate its entry into the material of the case body or lid the shank being further secured by means of staples or clips which embrace the shank between the said prong or bend and the eyelet. The eyelets are set 3 in the adjacent parts so that when the lid is brought into the closed position their axes coincide and they lie alongside eachother in position for being secured by means of a lead or other suitable seal.

It will be apparent'that the method of fastening by means of the axially coinciding and side by side eyelets may be applied to cases having lids either of the sliding or hinged type.

In order to effect a neat clean and flush joint the surface of the material may be grooved or recessed for the reception or housing of the shank portion of the device.

To enable the invention to be readily understood and carried into effect same will 110W be more fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation of the eyelet having a shank formed with a right angle bend whereof the extremity is pointed or sharpened.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section of 1922. Serial No. 565,051.

a portion of the upper part of a case having the improved fastening or securing device applied thereto; the 11d being of the sliding type and the parts being shown in their relatlve positions just prior to the lid being closed.

Figure 3 is a View similar to Figure 2 showing the 11d closed and the eyelets slde by side 1n axlal alignment ready for sealing.

Figure 4- 1s a plan corresponding with Fig ure 3.

Figure 5 1s a View on a larger scale showmg the groove or recess for housing the shank of the eyelet.

In the embodiment illustrated the lid (4 is of the sliding type having stiffening or strengthening battens b the lid normally resting in or on a rebate 0 formed about the mouth of the receptacle or case body 03 to which battens c are fixed. The battens b and e which when the lid is closed lie adjacent each other are provided with the securing or fastening means each comprising an eyelet 7' formed at the outer extremity of a shank 9 adapted for being driven into the material of the batten by means of the pointed or sharpened right angle bent portion h staples or clips 2' being employed for further securing the shank g and arranged so as to embrace the latter betweeh the said right angle bend thereof and the eyelet. Thus the eyelet is firmly fixed in position and is capable of resisting any attempt to withdraw the same. The eyelets as will be seen on reference to the drawing are so set or arranged in the adjacent battens that when the lid is slid into the closed position as shown in Figure 3 their axes coincide and they lie alongside each other. In this position they are engaged or secured by the sealing means which may be a lead or other suitable seal.

The above described method of fastening is equally adapted for application to cases l'iaving lids of the hinged type and the mode of applying the fastening in this connection. will be readily understood, there being an eyelet or eyelets on the lid and an eyelet or eyelets on the fixed or body part of the case, the eyelets forming a pair or pairs and when the lid is closed upon the said body part they occupy positions alongside as in the case of the sliding lid above described.

shank portion of straight formation having the metal at one end bent into a curved form to constitute the eye and at the other end bent at a right angle so as to be in the plane of the eyelet and formed with a pointed extremity to enable the same to be driveninto the material of the case; the arrangement enabling the shank and pointed bent end to be concealed from view While the eyelet only is exposed. I

2. In fastening and sealing devices for cases and similar receptacles in Which the seal is inserted through coinciding eyes or rings, a pair of eyelets each having a shank formed With a right angle bent and pointed portion and respectively secured to the lid and body 01 the receptacle so that they normally oppose one another in parallel lines and their axes coincide and the eyelets lie alongside each other when the lid is in closed relation to thebody.

In a fastening device" for cases and similar receptacles, the combination with a case or receptacle formed with a grooved recess in the inner surface of a part toivhich the fastening device is tobe applied, of an eyelet consisting of a shank having one end formed with an eye and "theother end with a right angle bend pointed at its extremity,

tively in the grooved recesses of said recep tacle andv cover, and staples embracing and securing the shanks of said eyelets. v

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my signature.

I WILLIAh I JOHN JAGGERS. TVitnesses:

\V. 1%. DOUBLEDAY, R. I. CHA FLEY. 

